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I Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, February 5, 1997 - FIVE lone Cardinal girls soar to victory over Helix By Kara Miller The lone girls got rolling and never slowed as they soared to a 57-25 victory over Helix, Saturday, Feb. 1. CardinaL Suzy Heideman had 13 points while sophomore Lama Mathews was the big offensive play er for the Grizzlies, making a game-high 14 points Senior night for lone also meant a senior starting line-up, The five senior girls, Suzy Heideman, LaRee Anderson, Stephanie Haguewood, Dawn Boor and Kemmery Bumght all started the game together and ended it together Coach Dana Heideman challenged the seniors by putting them in positions they hadn't play ed before Suzy Heideman led the girls in scoring, rebounds, and steals as the point guard with 13,11 and 5 Dawn Boor and Stephanie Haguewood played the posts underneath the basket The Cardinals switched their offense around as all the team members got time on the court The girls enjoyed the game and so did the fans The win keeps the lone Lady Cardinals tied for second place with the Echo Lady Cougars in the Big Sky East Girls Division The two teams will meet for the second and last time this Friday in Echo The winner will go on to district play-offs and the losers will hang up their jerseys until next y ear lone Cardinals control Blue D evils, 81-51 LaRee Anderson pus up a shot against Helix. IM S Cardinal boys split weekend Lady Cardinals lose heartbreaker to Condon Bv Kara Miller lone was so close to holding on to the number one position in Big Sky East they could taste it. But, at the end, the Lady Cardinals were forced to foul and the Blue Devils capitalized on it to come out on top, 41-36, Friday , Jan 31 The Lady Cardinals fought a hard battle, as they held the lead against the the Condon Lady Blue Devils throughout the first three quarters and the first four minutes of the fourth lone slowed the tempo of the game and at the end of the first period, the score was amazingly low—4-2 in lone's favor Condon gained control of the score in the second, but lone managed to hold onto the lead, leaving the court at halftime. 16-15. lone's post player, senior Suzy Heideman, and Condon's post, junior Margaret Schott, battled against each other in the inside to see who could score the most Heideman came out the winner with a game high 14 points while Schott managed only eight But Heideman couldn't hold off the outside shots and neither could the lone guards Condon's pressure defense caused the Cardinals' offease to turn the ball over too many times in the final miuutes Camie Bumght helped out the Cardinal offense with 11 points and five steals LaRee Anderson led the Cardinals on the boards with five Condon's offense was put together by Schott on the inside and Kacee Kennedy. Katie McCoin and Shannon Durfey on the outside. In the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils realized they had to turn Suzy Heideman shoots over two Condon defenders. on the heat and came out to tire the Lady Cardinals The Devils picked up their aggressive defense and scrappy offense and the Lady Cards just couldn't hold on. Within the last minute, the Cardinals sent the Devils to the foul line five times The Blue Devils were able to answer lone fouls by making their free throws or getting their offensive rebounds and put-backs to place themselves farther and farther away from the Cardinals' reach The Cardinals lost the the game, 36-41, and their first place position in the Big Sky East Division lone Coach Dana Heideman said. "All the girls played their hearts out tonight. Condon simply has wore depth than we do." IONE (36) Boor Anderson 1 0-0 2, Haguewood I 0-0 2, K Burright 4 1-4 9, B Burright 2 4-6 9, C Burright, Heideman 5 4-8 14, Totals 13 9-18 36. CO NDO N (41) Nicholson, A Durfey 1 1-2 3, Selby 10-0 2, Kennedy 2 3-4 7, McCoin 3 2-5 8, Shaffer 1 0-0 2. Barnett Schott 3 0-0 6 Osterlund 3 0-1 6, M Durfey 0 0-2 0 , S Duffey 2 2-3 7 Totals 16 8-17 41 Three-point goals-lone, Anderson. B Burright, Condon, S Durfey Fouled out-lone, Anderson Total fquls-lone 19, Condon ,19 Sad goodbye, but victory over the Helix G rizzlies By Shelby Krebs Brad Burright brings ball up the court in the Jr High Condon game. By Shelby Krebs The lone Middle School Cardi nal boys split the weekend, win ning one game and losing one game. Friday, Jan. 31, they hosted the Condon Blue Devils and lost in a close game, 41-37. The Cards re covered from that upset and beat the Helix Grizzlies Saturday, Feb. 1, 65-51. In Friday’s game, lone jumped to a 13-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, but then tapered off and scored only one more basket be fore the half. They trailed Condon by three entering the fourth quar ter. Cory Bennetto led in the scoring effort with 10 points, while Jeremy Rietmann had eight; Brad Bumght checked in with seven; Korey Mor gan, six; and Dustin Haguewood, four. Morgan and Rietmann both shot 100 percent from the free throw line. The Cardinals led the entire game against Helix. Bennetto had a stel lar performance, scoring 22 points. Adam McCabe and Morgan fol lowed him with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Helix’s Parker had a great game, with 22 points; he was followed by Peterson, who had 18. Kelly Morgan (34) shoots over McElligott. By Jeremy Rietmann The lone Cardinals took control of yet another game against the Condon Blue Devils with a 81-51 victory. “It was much better than our first league game and it was a good win for us,” commented head coach Del LaRue. The Cardinals were lead by se nior Jon Garrett with 18 points. He was five for five on the three-point line. Junior Jake McElligott also had an outstanding showing with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Senior Luke Swanson made perhaps the most exciting showing, with 14 H J H S sp o rts dessert slated The Hcppner Junior High School sports dessert will be held Tuesday, Feb 18, at 7 p m at the Heppncr High School cafeteria Allen, Swanson. Garrett (5). Morgan H H S J.V. boys w in tw o By Lonnie Rill "We played a lot better this week than we did last," was all that coach Chuck Matteson had to say after Hcppner High School Jvs beat Pilot Rock and Sherman County back to back this weekend Friday night, Jan 31, was all Jerid Eckman, who had 19 points and gave the Mustangs another win. Although both games were not runaway s, the Mustange press lead H H S freshm en lose to Spray By Lonnie Rill Hcppner High School freshmen had a rough time with Spray Monday night, February 3, losing 53-31.' Spray came out in a 2-3 zone defense that shut down Hcppner’s offense Spray also had 20 blocked shots during the game It was a sad good-bye to the eight senior boys from lone High School as they played their last home game of their high school career. Steve Allen, Luke Swanson, Jon Garrett, Joe Bacon, Jory Crow ell, Kelly Morgan, Randy Scott and Jacob Taylor suited up to take on the Helix Grizzlies Saturday, Feb. 1, and won 72-39. The Cardinals got off to a good start, scoring 23 points in the first quarter. They then picked up the pace and led 42-24 at the half. Third quarter action saw Jake McElligott Condon defender. No 20 is Jake score eight points for the Cards. McElligott finished the game with points and an amazing tw o-handed 14 points. Swanson led the Cardinals with stuff. Other scorers included Kelly Morgan and Joe Bacon with nine 16 points, five rebounds and five apiece; Steve Allen, five; Mark assists. Garrett had 13 points, in McElligott, four; and Marc Orem cluding three three-pointers. Mor gan pulled down 10 boards for lone, and Jory Crowell with two each. Box score lone-M McElligott 1 1-2 4, while Taylor had six. Allen 2 0-3 5. Swanson 6 1-2 14; J McEl- Head coach Del LaRue com ligott 7 2-5 16. Garrett 6 1-1 18, Bacon 3 mented that “it was a good time 2-2 9. Orem 1 0-0 2; Crowell 0 2-2 2, Mor gan 4 0-0 9. Gribskov 1 0-0 2; Scott; Tay for the seniors who finished their lor Totals: 31 9-17 81 careers by never losing a league Condon-Jack Smith 0 0-2 0; McHaney game at home in four years. It also 2 3-6 7; C Stinchfield 1 2-3 4; Weimar 0 1- clinched our spot in the district 4 1; Camine 12 7-11 31; E Nelson 1 2-2 4; Myers 0 4-6 4; Olsen. Shannon, S. Nelson; tournament.” LaRue also added he A Stinchfield, Jody Smith; J Lathrop was “pleased with the strong ef Totals 16 19-34 51 Three-point goals lone-M McElligott, fort of everyone.” Although Heppncr scrapped in the second and third quarters they were still held to 31 points "They were a taller and more mature team than we were, and they were only the second team that we had seen to run a zone defense against us," said coach Greg Grant after the game "We play with more heart than any other C-team that I have coached, but we just lack skill development " C-team player Damn Ploy har said after the loss," We didn’t play our best, but learned a lot about the game " Michael Schonbachler led the team with 10 points, and Clint Bellamy had five to turnovers, which lead to points, which lead to wins. The Mustangs also have their big men. Evans and Burnside Eckman. the shooter on the team can out-jump any body Guard play is also a big thing for the Mustangs Shane Mathcny and Derick Gunderson, two floaters on varsity, are fast and can jump While Evans and Burnside were working inside, Gunderson and Matheny were shooting the Tn- fectors lone Card JVs beat Condon Box score lone-Rietmann 1 0-0 2; Allen 1 0-0 2. Swanson 7 0-0 16, McElligott 7 0- 0 14; Garrett 4 2-2 13, Bacon 1 0-0 2; Orem 2 1-2 5; Crowell 2 2-4 6, Morgan 2 0- 1 4; Taylor 4 0-0 8, Scott Totals 31 5-9 72 Hellx-R Raymond 1 0-0 2; Ben Maney 7 2-5 16, Peters 4 7-9 15; T Raymond 1 0- 1 2; Kosey 1 2-2 4, C Peters 0 0-1 0. W alker; Waley, Campbell. Bart Maney. Smith; Patterson. Spratling Totals 14 11- 18 39 Three-point goals lone-Swanson (2), Garrett (3) Fouled out: lone-Orem H H S seniors to raise funds Hcppner High School's senior class has 35 students that are to graduate on May 31 The class is having dinners at home basketball games so that they can raise money for their trip to Disney land after graduation The senior class also holds a raffle for the hoop-shoot held during half time of home games and a raffle for the quilt and Blazers basketball team tickets Many people have supported the senior class throughout the 96-97 season Bv Kara Miller Decimated by illness, the Cards' JV squad had to borrow varsity players, Kemmery Burright and Stephanie Haguewood to put a team on the floor to face the Condon Blue Devils Friday afternoon. Jan 31 Bunigk had eight points while Haguewood had 11, including a three-pointer at the buzzer The girls were able to play only three Singspiration this month will be quarters due to having too few players and the Cardinals sponsored by the First Christian Church in Heppncr on Sunday, finished with the win, 26-16. The JV team will face Echo at February 9, at 7 p m This service is community wide Echo next Friday afternoon, Feb 7. Jon Garrett goes high for a layin against Helix. JV Mustangs girls squeak out win B n M o IK Rhea The JV Mustang girls needed everv bit of their big first half lead to win at Pilot Rock on Friday, January 31 After leading by as many as 12 points, the voting squad squcakcu out the 41 -39 win to jettison the Pilot Rock JVs "This was a total team effort." said coach Dana Reid of the w in The Mustangs came out in a press and quickly broke to the lead After tnc first eight minutes the Mustangs led 14-4. going into the half their lead w as 26-18 Heppncr came out with a pressure defense again in the third and maintained most of their margin Sophomore Kathleen Greenup led the team with controlled intensity that netted nine points, four rebounds, four steals and four assists Singspiration at First Christian and every body who would like to attend is welcome to do so Cookies, coffee and finger foods will be served following the service Midway through the fourth quarter. Greenup went out with an ankle injury Pilot Rock attempted to capitalize on her absence, making a strong run on the Hcppner frosh The young squad just managed to jettison the Rocket ship, holding out to win 41-39 Trisha Adams played a strong game, finishing with nine points, eight rebounds, two steals and blocked a shot Amy Papincau had three blocked shots, along with three points, six boards and seven steals Kim Pointer made five points, four rebounds, two steals and blocked a shot Macy Rhea made one point, captured four rebounds ana four steals Ashley Ropp came in to score six points and chased down four rebounds and three steals Abbv Kahl had four points and a steal Aleca Strousc hit a perfect two of two from behind the foul line and pulled down a rebound Leah Denton also scored two points and seized a rebound Pilot Rock’s Rachel Greene led all scorers with 15 and Tiffany Copeland added 12 for the Rockets
